![]() ![]() Here’s our original circle, a clone of it scaled Uniform to 50% WITHOUT scaling strokes and effects checked, and another clone of it scaled Uniform to 50% with “Scale Strokes and Effects” option checked. This is the perfect solution to ensure your drop shadows and other effects have the same effects on your object at any size. However, with the Scale Tool, you can turn on the option to “scale strokes & effects”. Let’s take a closer look at these magic settings… Scaling Object Effects (aka How to scale in illustrator, the right way)īy default, strokes and effects do not s cale in Illustrator along with the object they are attached to. ![]() With this UNCHECKED a stroke will appear to shrink when you scale up your image. ![]() Scale Strokes & Effects will scale these items proportional to the original object.With this UNCHECKED rounded corners will appear to shrink when you scale up your object. Scaling corner options will keep your rounded corners proportional to the original settings.Note the Options settings: (this is where the “magic” happens when you have effects applied to an object!) You can choose to scale an object uniformly, or non-uniform.You can manually enter in a scaling percentage.Here’s a screenshot of the Scale options dialog box: ![]() These options are accessible through the scale options dialog box that you can access by double-clicking on the Scale tool, or alt/apple clicking with the scale tool selected. The Scale Tool offers some advanced options such as scaling by percentage, and the ability to scale strokes and effects. Why is this important? Let’s dive into advanced image scaling to see! Advanced Image Scaling in Illustrator If you just click and drag anywhere on the artboard, you will rotate the object.Īlso unlike the scale tool, the Free Transform tool DOES NOT have any options to scale effects. Unlike the scale tool, the free transform tool requires you to select a node to click and drag in order to scale in Illustrator. Just like the scale tool, the free transform tool will constrain proportions when you hold down the shift key and you can set the reference point by clicking. Like the Scale Tool, the Free Transform Tool allows you to scale any object you have selected as well as rotate the object. ![]()
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![]() An advanced scheduling function is one particularly useful example. Internet Download Accelerator can grab a group of downloads via URL variables, automatically scan for viruses, use hotkeys, change the user-agent information, and auto-download files with certain file extensions of your choosing.Ī few IDA plug-ins are available that expand the functionality of the entire program. This can be done with regular downloads or files from an FTP server. There's a live monitor for other browsers, so files can be downloaded with IDA and placed in proper file categories for easy organization. ![]() Internet Download Accelerator (IDA) can integrate a toolbar with Firefox to make downloading files easy. The advanced download scheduling feature only works through the use of a plugin. The browser extension works with Chrome and Firefox. It can also be installed on Linux, Android, and macOS 10.12 and later. The latest version of this program runs on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7. In addition to the above, you can preview and convert audio and video files before they're finished downloading, set traffic limits, create a portable version of the app, and schedule downloads to occur on certain days only. You can create batch downloads, download torrents, preview ZIP files before they're downloaded and even deselect files you don't want from the compressed folder, download entire websites, resume broken downloads, run automatic virus checks on downloads, quickly control the bandwidth allocation for all downloads, and download all links from the clipboard.ĭownloads are performed in the order they are listed in FDM, but you can move files up or down the list to set their priority. ![]() ![]() It can monitor and intercept downloads from web browsers, but can also work independently. This free download manager is called (you guessed it!) Free Download Manager (FDM). Your antivirus program might identify the software as malicious and block it from installing or being used correctly. ![]() |
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